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Laurie McCarthy Biography

Birth Name:Laurie McCarthy

Profession Writer, Producer, Editor

Fast Facts

  • Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Daytime Serials for "Loving" in 1994
  • Her first writing job came on the fantasy horror TV series "Kindred: The Embraced" in 1996
  • Quote: "(On the main character, Mary, in "Reign"): "I love the notion of a girl without a country․ I love that you know it's going to end badly for her and that she has terrible taste in men․""
  • Quote: "The superstitions of the time led to so much of the horror element of ['Reign']․․․There's a barbarism of the times that is a nice balance to the incredibly privileged lives these people lived․"
  • Best known as the creator and executive producer of "Reign" and the writer and executive producer of "Ghost Whisperer․"
  • Was a co-executive producer and writer on "Beverly Hills, 90210" in the late 1990s
  • Created and executive produced the TV series "Windfall" in 2006

Awards

  • 1994WGA Award (TV)-Daytime Serials: winner